http://twinpeas.com/wordpress Bridging the gap between patients and providers with health literacy tips and information. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:28:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Conceive Magazine has created a new fertility community. There are a lot of online communities and each one offers different personalities. Check this one out and see if it's a good place for you to get support. MyConceive. http://twinpeas.com/wordpress/resources/new-ttc-community-via-conceive/294/ Claim your subscriber's FREE bonus! Download your copy of the ebook 30 Questions To Ask Your Doctor About IVF! Below is a repost with the permission from The Center for True Harmony Wellness & Medicine. Fish oils are... • Hormone regulating • Anti-inflammatory • Anti-thrombotic • Anti-spasmodic • Improved blood flow to the uterus • Reduced sensitivity to prolactin All of these factors work together to improve fertility and ... http://twinpeas.com/wordpress/infertility/what-can-fish-oils-do-to-improve-fertility/292/ Claim your subscriber's FREE bonus! Download your copy of the ebook 30 Questions To Ask Your Doctor About IVF! Everyone has an opinion about John and Kate's divorce announcement. I only watched the show once or twice. It seemed that Kate was not the nicest person and I just didn't get into watching them manage their lives as I have my own issues and stresses to deal with. ... http://twinpeas.com/wordpress/infertility/marriage-and-fertility/295/ Claim your subscriber's FREE bonus! Download your copy of the ebook 30 Questions To Ask Your Doctor About IVF! Everyone assumes fertility issues only effect women, but more than one-third of infertility issues are male factor. Fertility LifeLines is offering a 20-page booklet on the topic of male infertility, called In The Know: What No One Tells You About Male Fertility. The booklet addresses lifestyle as well as health ... http://twinpeas.com/wordpress/infertility/male-infertility/291/ Claim your subscriber's FREE bonus! Download your copy of the ebook 30 Questions To Ask Your Doctor About IVF! It's time for women and men who struggle with infertility to speak about their experiences. RESOLVE is organizing an Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C. on June 25th. If you are in the DC area, consider scheduling your appointment to be heard. Visit the RESOLVE website for more information. Twitter about this ... http://twinpeas.com/wordpress/infertility/june-25th-advocacy-day/290/ Claim your subscriber's FREE bonus! Download your copy of the ebook 30 Questions To Ask Your Doctor About IVF! A few weeks ago I wrote about how self-educating myself during our infertility journey helped me in discussions with our doctors as well as overall peace of mind. One thing that I didn't do well was learn how to read or communicate well with my husband during that time in ... http://twinpeas.com/wordpress/infertility/learn/288/ Claim your subscriber's FREE bonus! Download your copy of the ebook 30 Questions To Ask Your Doctor About IVF! June 25th, next Thursday, is Advocacy Day as designated by RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association. What is Advocacy Day? It's a day where the voices of the infertile community come together to tell their stories to the law makers in hopes of seeing change in health insurance coverage and other ... http://twinpeas.com/wordpress/infertility/advocacy-day/280/ Claim your subscriber's FREE bonus! Download your copy of the ebook 30 Questions To Ask Your Doctor About IVF! Okay, so not fretting when you are experiencing a health crisis can be a joke. I've been through a few of them and remaining clam wasn't something I always did well. Even my husband, who is totally laid-back, started to fret or at least make a bigger deal out of ... http://twinpeas.com/wordpress/infertility/fret-not/287/ Claim your subscriber's FREE bonus! Download your copy of the ebook 30 Questions To Ask Your Doctor About IVF! One of the most powerful emotions we experience is love. When I was younger it was easy to fall in and out of love. Once I fell out of love it was the end, forever. I'm not sure if it is the commitment of marriage or the wisdom that comes ... http://twinpeas.com/wordpress/infertility/love/286/ Claim your subscriber's FREE bonus! Download your copy of the ebook 30 Questions To Ask Your Doctor About IVF! Thanks to the Internet it is easy to become knowledgeable about most anything.  I often tell people that I think knowledge is power. With knowledge we can have very different conversations with our nurses and doctors (or friends and family members too).  When you know their terminology it changes how ... http://twinpeas.com/wordpress/infertility/education/285/ Claim your subscriber's FREE bonus! Download your copy of the ebook 30 Questions To Ask Your Doctor About IVF! The calendar on my wall says "The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place," by George Bernard Shaw. I chuckled to myself when I flipped from May to June to see this quote and the silly picture that signified it's reality. This is such ... http://twinpeas.com/wordpress/infertility/speak/284/ Claim your subscriber's FREE bonus! Download your copy of the ebook 30 Questions To Ask Your Doctor About IVF! A few of my online friends have radio shows. One woman, Dawn Davenport, has an awesome show that airs every Wednesday. Visit her website to see what's coming up or to listen to previous shows, Creating A Family. Read Dawn's very uplifting and information blog too. A few of my favorite ... http://twinpeas.com/wordpress/infertility/listen-to-these/283/ Claim your subscriber's FREE bonus! Download your copy of the ebook 30 Questions To Ask Your Doctor About IVF! The economy may be slow, although it seems to picking back up - thank goodness, but the reality of infertility is that the numbers are going to continue to increase. The economy may hamper some couples to make progress on their dreams of a family. The fertility loans are not ... http://twinpeas.com/wordpress/infertility/infertility-and-beyondbooks/282/ Claim your subscriber's FREE bonus! Download your copy of the ebook 30 Questions To Ask Your Doctor About IVF! A few months ago I joined an online community called Wego Health, it's a community about health and full of health advocates. They have interviewed quite a few health advocates in the infertility community, such as Rachel who blogs about infertility at About.com and Hethir who is a Holistic Healthcare ... http://twinpeas.com/wordpress/infertility/wego-health/281/ Claim your subscriber's FREE bonus! Download your copy of the ebook 30 Questions To Ask Your Doctor About IVF! On June 25th RESOLVE will be a voice for the infertile community. If you have the time to visit Washington, D. C. on that date, they would love to have you join them. For more information visit the RESOLVE website. http://twinpeas.com/wordpress/infertility/resolve-advocacy-day/279/ Claim your subscriber's FREE bonus! Download your copy of the ebook 30 Questions To Ask Your Doctor About IVF! Recently I was forwarded a report on eSET (elective single embryo transfer). While I had basically guessed the results of the report, the finding that eSET reduced multiples births, I was very pleased with the last paragraph of the report which basically states five objectives. My favorite two were/are 1) ... http://twinpeas.com/wordpress/infertility/eset-report/278/ Claim your subscriber's FREE bonus! Download your copy of the ebook 30 Questions To Ask Your Doctor About IVF! An article in Newsweek would generate some heated debate if comments were allowed to be posted. The issue of selective reduction is a sensitive topic for those using Assisted Reproductive Technologies such as artificial insemination and IVF (although, contrary to general public knowledge the risk of triples and other high-order ... http://twinpeas.com/wordpress/infertility/selective-reduction/277/ Claim your subscriber's FREE bonus! Download your copy of the ebook 30 Questions To Ask Your Doctor About IVF! At the Arizona Walk of Hope event I picked up a flyer from the Obstetrix Medical Group. They are doing a study on women pregnant with twins to see if they can reduce the occurrence of premature birth in these pregnancies. The study includes progesterone shots (I know those are ... http://twinpeas.com/wordpress/premature-births/pregnant-with-twins-a-medial-study/276/ Claim your subscriber's FREE bonus! Download your copy of the ebook 30 Questions To Ask Your Doctor About IVF! Sunday is an ordinary day for many couples struggling with infertility. However, they might decide to forgo church or other places that will remind them of the Hallmark holiday. Infertility makes the time up to and the days of Mother's Day and Father's Day practically unbearable. This is the first year ... http://twinpeas.com/wordpress/infertility/happy-sunday/275/ Claim your subscriber's FREE bonus! Download your copy of the ebook 30 Questions To Ask Your Doctor About IVF! The reality of infertility is that not everyone diagnosed with this disease will become parents. Medical treatments are not an option for all couples either for physical or religious reasons. While adoption is a good means to build a family, it too isn't right for every couple. Imagine living in a ... http://twinpeas.com/wordpress/infertility/silent-sorority/274/ Claim your subscriber's FREE bonus! Download your copy of the ebook 30 Questions To Ask Your Doctor About IVF! The sad fact of infertility is that most people think infertility is a lifestyle choice, not a disease. RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association and other infertility organizations are trying to educate the general public that infertility is a disease. RESOLVE also provides great support for couples during their journey. Whether ... http://twinpeas.com/wordpress/infertility/national-infertility-awareness-week/270/ Claim your subscriber's FREE bonus! Download your copy of the ebook 30 Questions To Ask Your Doctor About IVF! On Sunday I participated in the first annual Walk of Hope in Phoenix, Arizona. We met our goal for the number of registrants. At one point we were hoping for at least 100 walkers/registrants. By the end of Sunday we had almost 250 walkers/registrants. While 250 people may not seem ... http://twinpeas.com/wordpress/infertility/walk-of-hope/273/ Claim your subscriber's FREE bonus! Download your copy of the ebook 30 Questions To Ask Your Doctor About IVF! Recently I was contacted by ecostore USA to try their natural products and post a review. I don't generally do product reviews, but since infertility can be linked to the harmful chemicals that surround us I decided to give their soap and shampoo a try. My mom used Melaleuca briefly when ... http://twinpeas.com/wordpress/infertility/product-review-vanilla-soap/272/ Claim your subscriber's FREE bonus! Download your copy of the ebook 30 Questions To Ask Your Doctor About IVF! Recently I joined a health advocacy community called WEGO Health. They are committed to building a strong infertility community. They plan to offer educational webcasts as well as post events offered by other groups that might be of interest to the infertile community. They have interviewed a number of folks ... http://twinpeas.com/wordpress/resources/join-wego-health/269/ Claim your subscriber's FREE bonus! Download your copy of the ebook 30 Questions To Ask Your Doctor About IVF! If you live in Arizona you cannot miss the first annual Walk of Hope sponsored by the Arizona chapter of RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association. Not only is this event the first of it's kind in the Valley to support all means of family building, but if you register you ... http://twinpeas.com/wordpress/infertility/arizona-win-a-free-ivf/268/ Claim your subscriber's FREE bonus! Download your copy of the ebook 30 Questions To Ask Your Doctor About IVF! This year will be our 4th year participating in the March for Babies event in Phoenix, AZ. As you may know, my twins were born at 30 weeks gestation and spent 7 weeks in the Neonatal ICU. One of my girls had medical complications and we are truly lucky she ... http://twinpeas.com/wordpress/premature-births/march-for-babies/267/ Claim your subscriber's FREE bonus! Download your copy of the ebook 30 Questions To Ask Your Doctor About IVF! When my husband and I completed the mountains of paperwork for our IVF cycle we were focused on getting pregnant and having a baby. It never occurred to either of us to ask what our clinic would do with our unused embryos. We had 3 embryos that we were able ... http://twinpeas.com/wordpress/infertility/embryo-adoption/266/ Claim your subscriber's FREE bonus! Download your copy of the ebook 30 Questions To Ask Your Doctor About IVF! Parenthood For Me is hosting a second essay contest for your infertility and/or adoption story. Here are the rules and instructions: We need your help educating and spreading awareness by telling stories of Adoption and Infertility.Your favorite blog entry could be your submission. If you would like to enter someone else's blog ... http://twinpeas.com/wordpress/contest/parenthood-for-me-essay-contest-round-ii/265/ Claim your subscriber's FREE bonus! Download your copy of the ebook 30 Questions To Ask Your Doctor About IVF! April is National Multiple Birth Awareness Month. Who knew. My twins are just over 4 1/2 years old and I had no idea such a movement existed. The event is being held in Denver, CO in April.  Hosting the event are: the National Organization of Mothers of Twins Club (www.nomotc.org), ... http://twinpeas.com/wordpress/resources/national-multiple-birth-awareness-month/255/ Claim your subscriber's FREE bonus! Download your copy of the ebook 30 Questions To Ask Your Doctor About IVF! When my husband and I started down the path of infertility we were on two different planets pursuing two different paths. He wanted to live childfree and although he had mentioned this to me in a round-about-way, I wasn't listening. I wanted to pursue fertility treatments, something he didn't want ... http://twinpeas.com/wordpress/infertility/the-infertile-couple-3-questions/264/ Claim your subscriber's FREE bonus! Download your copy of the ebook 30 Questions To Ask Your Doctor About IVF!